World History Vocabulary Terms

What does paleolithic mean?

• short period of human history

• early dogs

• long period of human history

• domesticating animals

What is an artifact?

• a river

• an object made by a dog

• an object made by human beings

• a lake

What is a cave painting?

• paleolithic form of artwork

• a form of dog

• an artifact

• a language

What is a fossil?

• a hat

• preserved remain or impression of an organism

• a leaf

• a domesticated dog

How did a hunter-gatherer find food?

• hunting animals and collecting plants

• collecting dogs

• collecting trees

• hunting hats

What is pottery?

• an oven

• objects made of clay

• dogs

• cats

What is prehistory?

• an alphabet

• the time before humans could write

• the time when humans could speak

• the time when dogs were domesticated

What are stone tools?

• a cat

• handheld objects used for a task

• a dog

• a leaf

History is the study of...

• tomorrow

• yesterday

• long, long ago

• last month

Ancient means..

• yesterday

• very, very new

• very, very old

• next month